NFL Cleveland Browns Greg Joseph Man United fan

Mantra for every NFL player in the wake of a bad game is to forget it and continue, and no position is based on that perception stronger than the kicker. Specialists are often played as consumable by mistake. [19659002] Rookie Cleveland Brown’s kicker Greg Joseph, in the nine career’s regular season game, plays with this mentality as he tries to strengthen his position at the suddenly rejuvenated Browns.

Now on 11 of 13 goals scored for the season, Joseph tells ESPN his mindset has been: “Keep a short memory to the next kick.” Bounce back and you move on to the next. “

Has arrived in September, apparently from nowhere,” Who now?! “was the general reaction to Joseph’s signing when Zane Gonzalez got the head of Brown’s 21

-18 loss for the Saints.

Joseph, currently the only kicker in the league from South Africa, was born in Johannesburg where he lived until his family made the move to United States 2001, when he was seven.

“My whole family is from South Africa. My children will be the first generation not born there, “he says.

” I have been back once when I was 10, so three years after moving, but I have not been back late. But I remember where I grew up, I remember my school, where my grandmother worked, friends house, football plans I was playing. “

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Greg Joseph completed his career at Florida Atlantic as the leading field target parker in program history. Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images

Like many South Africans, Joseph is a great Manchester United supporter and massive fan of former United defender Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, explaining why he played behind was his favorite position until American football came to ring.

The former centerback, still joking for Springbok rugby team, put his love for football in anticipation of his teens when he discovered a talent for space parking at the American Heritage School in Florida. 19659002] “They asked me to come out and try, see if I could kick and it went away. My mom did not want me to be thanked … but I took the opportunity to drive it. “Adds.

Fast-paced until the end of her college career, Joseph completed at Florida Atlantic University as the lead time in field goals for The program. Joseph signed with Miami Dolphins but was released from the team after the season.

The 24-year-old continued working with his boat to prepare for another opportunity that he needed to receive when Cleveland Browns signed him on September 17. [19659012] Greg Joseph kicked an overtime goal to help Browns win a victory over Baltimore Ravens in week 5. Jason Miller / Getty Images

His most remarkable moment so far came in week five at home against rivals rivals Baltimore Ravens. two seconds left at o’clock in overtime Joseph put a weak wobbly 37-yard kick through the posts to help Browns win his seat Other games during the season.

Now a full-fledged NFL player, Josef’s family in America has made it to see him play personally, but a family member back in South Africa is last on his list to come to one of his games.

“My half-sisters,” says Joseph. “She is still living there. She graduated from [the University of Cape Town] and lives there with her mother, she flows [the games] and looks like doing it soon so it’s cool. It’s the last family there.” [19659002] When the hard Cleveland winter sets in and the wind springs from Erie Lake, Joseph will be exposed to making field targets at FirstEnergy Stadium, which often kick into the wind. Says Joseph: “Just get grounded. Take it kick with kicks, not even week by week and leave.”